28 Tex. Admin. Code § 5.4010 - Applicable Building Code Standards in Designated Catastrophe Areas for Structures Constructed, Repaired or to Which Additions Are Made On and After January 1, 2005, and before January 1, 2008
(a) To be eligible for catastrophe property
insurance, structures located in the designated catastrophe areas specified in
§
5.4008 of this chapter (relating
to Applicable Building Code Standards in Designated Catastrophe Areas for
Structures Constructed, Repaired or to Which Additions Are Made On and After
September 1, 1998, and before February 1, 2003) and which are constructed,
repaired, or to which additions are made on and after January 1, 2005, and
before January 1, 2008, shall comply with the 2003 Editions of the
International Residential Code and the International Building Code, as each is
revised by the 2003 Texas Revisions, and all of which are adopted by reference
to be effective January 1, 2005. The codes are published by and available from
the International Code Council, Publications, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country
Club Hills, Illinois, 60478-5795, (Telephone: 888-422-7233), and the 2003 Texas
Revisions to the 2003 Edition of the International Residential Code and the
2003 Texas Revisions to the 2003 Edition of the International Building Code are
available from the Windstorm Inspections Section of the Inspections Division,
Texas Department of Insurance, 333 Guadalupe, P.O. Box 149104, MC 103-3A,
Austin, Texas, 78714-9104 and the Texas Department of Insurance website at
www.tdi.state.tx.us. The following wind speed requirements shall apply:
(1) Areas Seaward of the Intracoastal Canal.
To be eligible for catastrophe property insurance, structures located in
designated catastrophe areas which are seaward of the Intracoastal Canal and
constructed, repaired, or to which additions are made on or after January 1,
2005, and before January 1, 2008, shall be designed and constructed to resist a
3-second gust of 130 miles per hour.
(2) Areas Inland of the Intracoastal Canal
and Within Approximately 25 Miles of the Texas Coastline and east of the
Specified Boundary Line and Certain Areas in Harris County. To be eligible for
catastrophe property insurance, structures located in designated catastrophe
areas specified in subsection (b)(2)(A) and (B) of §
5.4008 of this chapter and
constructed, repaired, or to which additions are made on or after January 1,
2005, and before January 1, 2008, shall be designed and constructed to resist a
3-second gust of 120 miles per hour.
(3) Areas Inland and West of the Specified
Boundary Line. To be eligible for catastrophe property insurance, structures
located in designated catastrophe areas specified in subsection (c) of §
5.4008 of this chapter and
constructed, repaired, or to which additions are made on or after January 1,
2005, and before January 1, 2008, shall be designed and constructed to resist a
3-second gust of 110 miles per hour.
(b) Repairs, alterations and additions
necessary for the preservation, restoration, rehabilitation or continued use of
a historic structure may be made without conformance to the requirements of
subsection (a) of this section. In order for a historic structure to be
exempted, at least one of the following conditions shall apply to the
structure:
(1) The structure is listed or is
eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic places.
(2) The structure is a Recorded Texas
Historic Landmark (RTHL).
(3) The
structure has been specifically designated by official action of a legally
constituted municipal or county authority as having special historical or
architectural significance, is at least 50 years old and is subject to the
municipal or county requirements relative to construction, alteration, or
repair of the structure, in order to maintain its historical
designation.
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